BUSDM Researcher Honored for Mentoring Future Scientist
Intel Science Talent Search applauded Dr. Mihai Nita-Lazar, senior research associate in Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska’s Department of Molecular and Cell Biology laboratory, for contributing to the scientific development of young scientist Keone Hon. Nita-Lazar oversaw a research project Hon, a high school student at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, completed last summer as part […]
Dr. John Guarente Joins ADEA Leadership Institute Class of 2008
Dr. John Guarente, assistant dean for patient services, will become a student again this year as he joins the eighth class of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Leadership Institute. The yearlong program invites 21 dental school faculty to build skills for leadership in dental higher education. The four-phase program, which runs from the 2007 […]
Dr. Thomas Van Dyke Named Charter Member of NIH Study Section
Dr. Thomas Van Dyke, director of BUSDM’s Clinical Research Center, is now a charter member of the Oral, Dental and Craniofacial Sciences (OCDS) study section at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Center for Scientific Review. The section is the Center’s peer review board for grant applications to study oral, dental and craniofacial tissues. Members […]
Second Annual McCahan Day Encourages Idea Sharing on Medical Campus
BUSDM faculty and students may showcase their innovative research at the second annual John McCahan Medical Education Day June 21, in honor of Boston University School of Medicine’s former Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. John McCahan, who retired in 2006. The day includes faculty development workshops, for which faculty will earn continuing education credit, and […]
Dr. Dana Graves Adds Two NIH Grants to Roster
At a time when national research funding has slowed, Dr. Dana Graves, professor in the Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, is helping to build BUSDM’s body of research. Graves will receive National Institutes of Health funding for two new Research Project (R01) grants: "Diabetes-enhanced Experimental Periodontitis" and "Recognition of Commensal and Pathogenic Bacteria by […]
BU Trustees Grant Armstrong Distinguished Promotion
Dr. Thomas Armstrong joined an elite group of former BUSDM faculty members earlier this month when Boston University’s Board of Trustees promoted Armstrong to the position of clinical associate professor emeritus. "The Trustees, in taking this action, have recognized your outstanding contributions to the academic programs of the Department of General Dentistry, to your profession, […]
Held Helps Launch Nicaraguan Fact-Finding Mission
Kathy Held, assistant director of extramural programs, returned this week from a 10-day community service trip to Rio San Juan, Nicaragua, with Project Stretch, a non-profit organization that provides dental services to disadvantaged children worldwide. The trip marked the first to Rio San Juan for the Project Stretch team, which aimed to determine if area […]
BUSDM Researcher Awarded at Gordon Research Conference
Sheede Khalil, researcher in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, added to BUSDM’s successes at the Gordon Research Conferences in Ventura, California, this month. She won a $500 travel award for her poster, "Essential Roles of E-cadherin in Submandibular Gland Development" at the conference on Salivary Glands and Exocrine Secretion. In her presentation, Khalil […]
Dental Career Network Chosen as “David” Among Goliaths
BUSDM’s Dental Career Network (DCN), New England’s largest dental career website, is the winner of a 2006 silver Davey Award in the category of Websites/Online Marketing. The International Academy of Visual Arts gives the Davey to small companies it calls the "Davids of creativity" for media campaigns driven by big ideas, not big budgets. The […]
BUSDM Faculty, Student Help Lead International Research Conference
Members of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology will discuss their latest research in the field of glycobiology at the Gordon Research Conference on Glycobiology in Ventura, California, March 4 to 9. The event invites students and scientists at all stages of their careers to share findings related to glycobiology, the study of chains […]